Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm Review

May 27, 2013 Leave a Comment

Burt’s Bees recently came out with some tinted lip balms and I’d heard good things so I decided to try it for myself.   I grabbed the Tiger Lily color, which is a beautiful orangey peach color.  I’ve been using it for several weeks now and it has made it’s way into my regular rotation of lip products.

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The lip balm comes in a range of shades including caramel daisy, sweet violet, rose, petunia, blush orchid, hibiscus, honeysuckle, tiger lily, pink blossom and red dahlia.  The coverage is extremely sheer (at least with the tiger lily color), to the point where I tried to swatch it on my arm for you all and it was hardly visible.  It does, however, give my lips a beautiful sheen with just the slightest hint of color.  I wonder if the darker shades would be a bit more pigmented?

I also love how hydrating these lip balms are.  The ingredient list is pretty clean and my lips feel soft and smooth after each use.  I would definitely purchase again in some of their other shades. This would be a great product for the summer months for and easy yet polished lip.

You can buy Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm from most drugstores or from Ulta for $6.99.

Ingredients: cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, olus (vegetable oil, huile vegetale), cera alba (beeswax, cire d’abeille), olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, candelilla cera (euphorbia cerifera wax, cire de candelilla), helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, aroma (flavor)*, lanolin, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, cananga odorata flower wax, jasminum officinale (jasmine) flower wax, ammonium glycyrrhizinate, tocopherol, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, glycine soja (soybean) oil, canola oil (huile de colza). May contain: alumina, CI 77891 (titanium dioxide), CI 75470 (carmine), CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (iron oxides). *natural flavor

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My Very Favorite Moisturizer

May 23, 2013 2 Comments

    I had my first child back in 2010 and while I was pregnant, I started looking at the ingredient list on my product bottles and thought, “Uhhh…what is this stuff?  Ethyl-para-what???”   There had to be something better I could rub into my expanding belly without all these ingredients I couldn’t pronounce.  So, I grabbed a bunch of different oils and started experimenting.   This recipe has sort of evolved over the last few years and I now have two versions: a body butter (ideal for pregnant bellies or seriously dry skin) and body oil (ideal for the rest of us).  Today I’ll share the body oil version, because seriously, you will love it.  I think its the perfect blend of nourishing oils that soaks into your skin quickly without leaving a greasy residue.  Winter usually leaves my legs looking like some sort of scaly swamp animal, but this stuff really does the trick.  I apply it right after I hop out of the shower and the next day my legs are still soft and smooth.  It’s also a great shaving oil and eye make-up remover. I’m pretty sure you need to try this for yourself!

Ok, here’s what you’ll need for an 8oz bottle:
  • 4 oz grapeseed oil
  • 1 oz coconut oil
  • 1 oz almond oil
  • 1 oz plant butter such as cocoa, shea or mango
  • 1 oz jojoba oil
  • a few drops of vitamin e oil (optional, but great as a natural preservative).
  • 10-15 drops of an essential oil of your choosing (optional– I usually opt for the unscented version).
Melt coconut oil and plant butter in a double boiler.  Mix in the rest of the ingredients and pour into an 8 oz container.
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